PEJ News: South of the border, the ban on information coming out of the Gomery Commission is casually disregarded. But, is this a case of unfettered info. flow, or the first steps in an engineered regime change for Canada?-{Lex}

The Gormery Commission today (Apr. 7) backed down from its publication ban on testimony from three key figures in the burgeoning Sponsorship scandal. Sighs of relief, for bloggers who've spent the week wondering if they would face contempt of court charges for reposting links to the American site that release what it claimed to be inside information on the inquiry. - {lex}

In conjunction with CanWest Global, the "freepersphere" in the U.S. is pounding the drum to bring about regime change in Canada. So, is it to be the Ukrainian model for us, or something else at work here? -lex

The Washington Post is reporting on Canada's reaction to the release of allegedly accurate "banned" information coming out of the Gomery Commission appearing on the American right-wing blog site, "Captain's Quarters." At this point, the "Captain," Ed Morissey says his story is based on a single, anonymous source.The London Free Press reports that a Canadian website that re-posted the U.S. site's report is declining comment on pressure being brought to bear against them by the Canadian government.

Inquiry official, Francois Perrault says the commission co-counsel and commission chair, Justice John Gomery are considering charging the Canadian website owner with contempt of court.

Canada does not enjoy the press protections similar to the United States' First Amendment. -{lex}

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